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1 Dutch Delta: re-inventing Delta-urbanism Han Meyer

2 URBANIZING DELTAS

3 Urbanization in the Dutch Delta

4 Urbanization in the Dutch Delta

5 Urbanization in the Dutch Delta

6 Mississippi delta Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta

7 A sea-dominated delta

8 Dutch delta, 2000 years ago

9 The character of the territory: a wet land

10 A transition-zone between sea and land Soil qualities (green = peat, very soft) Ground levels (blue = below sea level)

11

12 Man-Made Land - 1: Making the land inhabitable - Drainage

13 soil subsidence

14 soil subsidence

15 Man-Made Land - 2: Making the land inhabitable - building dikes

16 Man-Made Land - 2: Making the land inhabitable - building dikes dike-belts with safety-norms urbanization - pattern

17 Man-Made Land - 3: Making new land land-reclamations

18 Beemster Polder

19 Two estuaries: (A) Zuiderzee/Waddenzee and (B) Rhine-Scheldt-Delta A B

20 port-development and urbanization around the estuaries

21 1600: a land of cities

22 1600: a land of cities

23 the first dikes 14 th century 21 st century

24 Dike-ring th century 21 st century

25 The city as a hydraulic construction

26 Flood-defense Amsterdam: 4m+ NAP; integrated in the urban fabric

27 The Dutch Water-City a Hydraulic Construction Canals Singels Dikes Quays Design of dikes and canals: combining urban and hydraulic functions

28 Water-systems typological variation

29 Phase 2 The Nation as an hydraulic construction

30 19 th 20 th centuries: Randstad Holland with new accesses North Sea Canal Nieuwe Waterweg

31 Closure of the estuaries Afsluitdijk 1930s Deltaworks 1960s 70s

32 Closure of the estuaries

33 Safety standards dike-belts with safety-norms urbanization - pattern

34 Building the Dutch Nation - a Modern Project

35 Building the Dutch Nation - a Modern Project

36 : disappeared water structures in historic cities Utrecht, Catharijnesingel Utrecht, Catharijnesingel - present situation

37 : disappeared water structures in historic cities

38 : disappeared water structures in historic cities

39 Radical change of context and economy of local communities flood-protection City of Rotterdam

40 flood-protection City of Rotterdam

41 4 reasons to develop another approach

42 1. Subsidence

43 2. Concern with the environment

44 Concern with the environment

45 Concern with the environment

46 Concern with the environment

47 invention of the flexible flood-barrier - East Scheldt Dam open closed

48 flood-protection 3. Urban City Waterfront of Rotterdam development Amsterdam Eastern Docklands Rotterdam Kop van Zuid ( )

49 4. Climate Change

50 Observations Delta-committee, 2008

51 Towards: working with nature Report Delta-committee 2008

52 Towards: working with nature 1. New approaches of flood-defense

53 Towards: working with nature

54 Towards working with nature RPB, 2004 Geuze 2007

55 Towards working with nature Proposed broadening of the coast near Katwijk, design H+N+S landscape architects 2008

56 Vulnerable coastline Scheveningen (The Hague)

57 Design new coastline Scheveningen M. de Sola Morales

58 Design new coastline Scheveningen M. de Sola Morales

59

60 Rotterdam Amsterdam

61 flood-defense flood-protection City structure: of Rotterdam from barrier to connector Present situation roof-park Rotterdam-West Future situation

62 flood-defense structure: from barrier to connector roof-park Rotterdam-West

63 Dordrecht: Urban Flood Management

64 Dordrecht: Urban Flood Management

65 flood-protection City of Vlissingen (Flushing)

66 flood-protection flood-protection City of Vlissingen City of (Flushing) Vlissingen (Flushing)

67 Flexible flood-protection City of Kampen: protection historic waterfront Normal water-level Extreme high water-level

68 2. More storage for water in landscape as well in urban areas

69 new water-networks

70 new water-networks

71

72 3. Building in the river flood-planes

73 Rotterdam: Flood-risks waterfront-sites outside the dikes

74 Rotterdam region - Closed

75 Rotterdam region - Semi-closed

76 Rotterdam region - Strengthening dikes

77 Or. Open, with extra floodplains

78 Regional system Gesloten Open/gesloten Open Open met overlaat-gebieden

79 Regional system dike section

80 Regional system dike section urban design

81 Regional system dike section urban design

82 Regional system dike section urban design

83 Regional system dike section urban design

84 Regional system dike section urban design

85 Regional system dike section urban design

86 vision for 2053_ the delta as an archipelago of possibilities

87 Rotterdam_vision

88 > balcony and delta doors rotterdam the metropolitan quays vs the delta garden

89 A new challenge for rdam south

90 Towards a comprehensive approach

91 Which relation among the disciplines? Urbanism Civil Engineering Landscape Architecture Building Technology

92 Arrangement of 17 th 19 th century Urbanism Civil Engineering Landscape Architecture Building Technology

93 Arrangement of 20 th century Urbanism Civil Engineering Landscape Architecture Building Technology

94 Arrangement of 21 st century Urbanism Civil Engineering? Landscape Architecture Building Technology

95 Amsterdam, urban beach IJburg Rotterdam, urban beach Boompjes

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